Search and rescue operations in progress in 50-04.82N 001-22.45W
English Channel · HYDROLANT 2416/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-10 11:33Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC JOBOURG 0/23 230925Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-23 10:31Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- English Channel. The parsed report position is 50.080, -1.374. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2023-10-23 10:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC JOBOURG 0/23 230925Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- MRCC JOBOURG
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.080, -1.374
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLISH CHANNEL. FRANCE. DNC 20. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS IN 50-04.82N 001-22.45W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, CAUTION ADVISED. REPORTS TO MRCC JOBOURG, VHF: 16, MF: 2182 KHZ, PHONE: 332 3352 1616, EMAIL: JOBOURG@MRCCFR.EU.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- VHF / channel 16
- Very high frequency marine radio; channel 16 is the international distress, safety and calling channel.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
50 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 33 foot F/V maverick, grey hull, two persons on board, overdue newlynn (50-06.00N 005-32.40W) to isles of…2023-09-15
- One person missing in vicinity 49-36.50N 000-06.76W at 270935Z may2023-05-27
- Search and rescue operations in progress in area bound by: 49-40N 000-10W, 49-40N 000-10E, 49-26N 000-01E,…2023-01-30
- Man overboard from vessel valaris 121 in 50-36.30N 001-17.50E2023-01-23
- Vessel, numerous persons on board, sank2022-12-14
- Derelict seven meter F/V capsized and adrift in vicinity 49-55.00N 005-05.00W at 121256Z nov2022-11-12
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:39Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.